Destinations
Let’s Get Going
Listed below are suggestions for ways to spend your time on the water and have an enjoyable cruise. The times for each trip are listed and can vary depending on your interest and possible side excursions. You might want to include a picnic to eat in a quiet cove or possibly stop to get some ice cream or a snack along the way.
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Out and Around
(this is the most popular tour)
Potts Harbor then out past the Dolphin Marina to many scenic and historical locations. Many points of interest are listed here with links for more information.
Eagle Island/Admiral Peary’s house
Bailey Island Military Preserve
Fisherman’s Memorial Statue at Land’s End
Lowell Cove former home of Lowell the Whale
Approximately 2 hours
Cost: $250 (per cruise, includes all passengers)
Eagle Island/Admiral Peary
CLOSED - THE WINTER STORMS WASHED AWAY THE DOCK
The house is undergoing some restoration and will not be open as usual. Check the link below for the specifics. It is a very pleasant ride from Potts Harbor out to Eagle Island where you can be dropped off on their dock. You will be able to walk around the outside of Admiral Peary’s house as well as take a hike around the island. Some of the vistas from around the island are awesome. When you are finished exploring you will be picked up and brought back to Potts Harbor. Click here for additional information about Eagle Island.
Island Tour
Potts Harbor, out into Broad Sound passing Eagle Island (Admiral Peary’s home) then passing Ministerial Island continuing between Jewell and Cliff Islands. Then coming back around we will cruise past Hope Island (an amazing privately owned island). We will continue on to Bangs Island where they cultivate their famous Bangs Island Mussels, then over to Chebeauge Island. The cruise can always be extended with a nice stop to relax or picnic in a quiet out of the way spot and Cliff Island has a great old fashioned country store with delicious food including lobster rolls and ice cream and Chebeague Island has a wonderful place to get a sandwich and some souvenirs. Click here for a great summary of the islands. It lists 110 islands. Locals like to call them the Calendar Islands - one island for each day of the year although you might miss some at high tide.
Approximately 2 1/2 hours
Cost{ $300 (per cruise, includes all passengers)
Sea It All Tour
This is a combination of the two most popular trips. We will cruise over to Bangs Island, Chebeague Island, Hope Island and exit the island chain into Casco Bay through Cliff Island with Jewell Island to starboard. The trip will continue around the outside of Eagle Island and the Monument where you will get a different perspective on the islands and a feel for cruising in the open waters of Casco Bay. From there we head over to Bailey Island where we get a look at the sights mentioned in the “Out and Around” tour.
Approximately 3 hours
Cost: $375 (per cruise, includes all passengers)
Seal Watching
Head out of Potts Harbor and turn northeast between Whaleboat Island and South Harpswell, continue on to the 3 Gosslings, Upper Goose and Lower Goose Islands. This is an attractive set of islands located in the back of Middle Bay (Brunswick). If lucky (and we usually are very lucky) you might see many seals relaxing on and around Grassy Ledge. Then we head south passing between Little Whaleboat and Whaleboat Islands on our way to Goose Nest Ledge, next to Bangs Island (where the famous mussels are grown). This is another location where many seals can usually be found. We then head back across the sound to the dock. This tour is best done at around low tide.
Approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours depending on seal activity
Cost: $250 to $300 (per cruise, includes all passengers)
Seals and Goose Islands
Head out of Potts Harbor and turn northeast between Whaleboat Island and South Harpswell, continue on to the 3 Gosslings, Upper Goose and Lower Goose Islands. This is an attractive set of islands located in the back of Middle Bay (Brunswick). If lucky you might see many seals relaxing on and around Grassy Ledge and Branning Ledge. As we come around the top of Goose Island we will pass by Birch Isand, Mere Point, and Bustin’s Island. If you wanted to extend your trip you can stop in a very scenic and relaxing cove which makes for a nice place for a lunch or a simply a place to relax for a few minutes. Then we continue back between Whaleboat Island and Little Whaleboat Island and back home.
Approximately 3 hours depending on the seals.
Cost: $375 (per cruise, includes all passengers)
Halfway Rock Lighthouse
& The Islands
Cruise a few miles out into Casco Bay and get a close-up look of the light that marks the midway point between Portland and Cape Small (boundaries of Casco Bay). Then head back through Eagle Island, Cliff Island, Bangs Island (home of Bangs Island Mussels). This tour is dependent on favorable sea and weather conditions. Click these two links for more information about Halfway Rock Lighthouse. #1 “keeper of the lighthouse” #2 complete lighthouse story. To learn more about the islands have a look at this link about all of the islands of Casco Bay.
Approximately 3 hours
Cost: $375 (per cruise, includes all passengers)
Cundy’s Harbor and Back
Head out around Bailey’s Island, then northeast and following the shore around to Cundy’s Harbor and Holbrook’s wharf where you can get an ice cream, lunch to go, and a drink. Then head back around Yarmouth Island and up along Quahog Bay, to the Cribstone Bridge at Bailey’s Island, along the Merriconeag Sound and home.
Approximately 3 hours
Cost: $375 (per cruise, includes all passengers)
Cape Small and Around
Head out around the tip of Bailey’s Island, go eastsoutheast passed Ragged Island and over to Cape Small near the mouth of the Kennebec, follow the coastline north. We’ll pass the scenic town of West Point on our way to Sebasco Harbor and then passed Malaga Island preserve (historical interest) then to Cundy’s Harbor and Holbrooks working waterfront, and following the shoreline back around to Bailey’s Island, under the Cribstone Bridge and home.
3 1/2 hours
Cost: $425 (per cruise, includes all passengers)
Custom Cruising
Design your own day on the water
Perhaps you have some of your own ideas about how you would like to spend your time on the water. There are plenty of ways to do it. You might want to stop in a quiet cove and have lunch, hop out onto a beach for a swim, stop at Cliff or Chebeague Islands and get something to eat. All of the above trips can be modified to meet your needs. Cost is $125 per hour (per cruise, includes all passengers)